Writer and educator Jeff Chang’s work has always focused on the intersection of culture, music and art. His first book Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation details the birth of hip hop from artists with a need to share the economic, class and social ills, especially within communities of color.

For his latest collection, We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation, he hones in on issues of race that continue to turn into prejudice and violence.